Danone strives for more than just providing a product. Danone’s vision is “One Planet. One Health.” The company is home to several brands that aim to be nourishing and healthy for consumers while also making a positive impact on the planet. Danone’s history stretches back over 100 years to 1919, when Isaac Carasso began selling his signature yogurt. Carasso’s recipe utilized the research of Elie Metchnikoff, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1908. Metchnikoff had done scientific research into pasteurization and lactic ferments. Carasso added the lactic ferments into his recipe based on the health benefits Metchnikoff had discovered about them in his studies. The yogurt was affectionately named after Carasso’s son Daniel, who went by the nickname “Danon.” Danone yogurt officially hit pharmacies in 1919 and began a long lineage of simple products that aim ...